Tales to Astonish #88

(February 1967)

A Stranger Strikes from Space! (Table of Contents: 1)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Stan the Man Lee)

Pencils

Bill Everett (credited as Wild Bill Everett)

Inks

Bill Everett (credited as Wild Bill Everett)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as Swingin' Sammy Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Attuma, the barbarian, has invaded Atlantis again...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lord Vashti; Lady Dorma; Attuma (villain)

Synopsis

A giant alien robot accidentally falls out of a passing spaceship and into the lap of Attuma in depths of the ocean. He decides to use this turn of good fortune to destroy Namor and Atlantis.

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #21 (2 September 1967) [Black and white]
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #102 (25 de mayo de 1968)
• in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #243
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #50 (20 Febbraio 1973) [pages 1-6], #51 (6 Marzo 1973) [pages 7-12]
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #31 (juillet 1973) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #43 (May 1974) [with pgs 2,9 of original story omitted]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #17 ([September] 1974)
• in Essential Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) [black and white]

Keywords

robot

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Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Boomerang and the Brute! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Stan (The Man) Lee)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited as Gil (Sugar) Kane)

Inks

Gil Kane (credited as Gil (Sugar) Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as Sammy (Dozin') Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stay back!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Rick Jones; Boomerang [Fred Myers] (villain); Lyndon Johnson (cameo)

Synopsis

Since they have discovered that the Hulk is not the total villain he has been painted to be, the President tells Ross to pardon him if he thinks the threat is over. Of course, Boomerang picks that exact moment to secretly enrage the jade giant, causing him to go on another rampage and causing Ross to still see him as a menace. Hulk fights the new and improved (but still fashion-impaired) Boomerang.

Reprints

• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #81 (19 August 1967), #82 (26 August 1967)
• in Los Vengadores (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1965 series) #102 (25 de mayo de 1968)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #250
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #37 (June 16, 1973) [panels 4 and 5 of page 2 redrawn to depict Richard Nixon rather than Lydon Johnson, panel 4 of page 5 is altered to remove a reference to Johnson]
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #86 (16 agosto 1973) [pages 1-4], #87 (30 agosto 1973) [pages 5-10]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #43 (May 1974)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #38 (novembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #30 ([Juli 1976])
• in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in Hulk pocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #1
• in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (82559-3) (January 1979)
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #1
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 (septembre 1982)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([January] 2006)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 ([August] 2013)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 - The Hulk Must Die (2017)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - Less than Monster, More than Man (2023)

Keywords

New York City

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Give the Hulk another chance...

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers John Hove, Robert W. Miko, Steve Baran, and Don McGregor [as Donald McGregor]; M.M.M.S. membership entry form.